Hello. I am thinking about getting into running this game, but I do not own any 6th gen consoles. If I were to run this game on an emulator, would it be considered legitimate, and if so, what would be the best platform/emulator to use?

What do you mean by "only up to a certain time"?

You can only submit emulator runs 1:50:00 or above. Since you are interested in this game, then if you aren't already I recommend you joining the SpongeBob Speedgaming discord: https://discord.gg/Sz45C . We're happy to help.

Emulators are accepted up to 1:50;00 - any quicker and they will be rejected